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Minister of Education, Hon. Ronald Thwaites, is calling for discussion among all groups in the society, towards the financing of higher education outside of state resources. Promoting the tertiary education sector as an attractive area for private investment, he said that while the Government is hard pressed to find the financial resources, there is a “super abundance of private capital,...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, said the Government is ready to partner with private interests to invest in secondary health care, particularly in the area of cancer treatment. He stated that providing the best care for cancer patients is critical, and requires collaboration with Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) and other interests. “We are anxious to look at the areas...

Minister of Science, Technology and Mining Hon. Phillip Paulwell, says Jamaica is poised to be the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector in the western hemisphere, and the Government will be encouraging partnership with the private sector to ensure the expansion of the industry. “We are looking now for Jamaica to be the ICT capital in the western hemisphere and with...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has said the Government will be pushing for free health care for children at the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI). “I think a no user fee policy for children and adolescents at the University Hospital of the West Indies was analysed by leading scholars in this area to be a necessary...

Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Natalie Neita-Headley, says it is her vision that sports will become a major income earner for the country, and “will be the glue that binds us together as a people." She added that in this 50th year of Independence, Jamaicans must be prepared, as a nation, to move the development of sports to reflect...

Some 63 resident and non-resident Ambassadors and High Commissioners and Charge d'Affaires are expected to participate in the 14th annual Diplomatic Week from Sunday (January 29) to Friday (February 3). Director of Protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Ricardo Allicock, told JIS News that plans are well advanced for the week of activities. "Planning is coming...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM), Hon. Julian Robinson, has underscored the Government’s commitment to the information communication technology (ICT) sector, noting that several initiatives would be implemented to  improve training, access and the country’s global ranking in the industry. Addressing the opening of a Cisco Network Regional Academy Conference, at the Cardiff...

A national ecumenical church service in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Independence will be held on Sunday (January 29) at the Webster Memorial United Church, 53 Half-Way-Tree Road in Kingston. The event, under the theme: ‘Feel the Heart and Soul of a Nation’, is being organised by the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) and the Committee for the Promotion...

Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, has said the Government is looking to establish centres of excellence in the regional hospitals, as it seeks to improve access to quality health care for Jamaicans. Dr. Ferguson, who was addressing the opening of the 10th Annual Caribbean Neurosciences Symposium and Workshop at the Montego Bay Conference Centre in St. James on...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller this afternoon received a call from US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton congratulating her on her election victory, and on once again assuming leadership of the country as its Prime Minister.  Mrs. Clinton spoke of the warm relations between Jamaica and the United States of America, and offered to get a team...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining (STEM),  Hon. Julian Robinson, has underscored the Government’s commitment to the information communication technology (ICT) sector, noting that several initiatives would be implemented to  improve training, access and the country’s global ranking in the industry. Addressing the opening of a Cisco Network Regional Academy Conference, at the Cardiff...

Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Dr. Gladstone Hutchinson, has announced that probate reform, which aims to mobilise private and public assets, deemed under-utilised, is expected to come on stream within the next few months. Speaking on the final day of the Jamaica Stock Exchange’s (JSE) seventh Investments and Capital Markets Conference at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel,...